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On Monday, in a bipartisan move, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban contracts with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s regime.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL). President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for national security advisor, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) introduced the bill.
“The BOLIVAR Act compliments existing sanctions by prohibiting the U.S. government from contracting with any person that has business operations with the illegitimate government of Nicolas Maduro, as well as any successor government of Venezuela not recognized as legitimate by the United States,” Waltz noted.
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“Venezuela is in crisis due to the illegitimate, authoritarian rule and the Marxist policies of Nicolas Maduro and his Caracas cartel,” Waltz stated. “Maduro and his cronies have mocked and ignored the electoral will of the Venezuelan people, inciting violent action against the democratic …
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